Social Institutions

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) measures gender-based discrimination in social norms, practices and laws across 160 countries. The SIGI comprises country profiles, a classification of countries and a database; it serves as a research, policy and advocacy tool for the development community and policy makers. The SIGI covers five dimensions of discriminatory social institutions, spanning major socio-economic areas that affect women’s lives: discriminatory family code, restricted physical integrity, son bias, restricted resources and assets, and restricted civil liberties. The SIGI’s variables quantify discriminatory social institutions such as unequal inheritance rights, early marriage, violence against women, and unequal land and property rights.

In the Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014 Edition, Myanmar’ score was 0.293512 placing it among countries with a high level of discrimination in social institutions. It had very low levels of discrimination in son bias, but high to very high levels in family code, physical integrity, resources and assets, and civil liberties. Read the full country profile and access the data here: http://www.genderindex.org/country/myanmar

Key Gender Statistics [1]

Education

There is no recent data available on primary school enrolment rates.

In 2010, 48% of girls were enrolled in secondary school compared to 46% of boys.

In 2010, the ratio of female to male secondary enrolment was 105%.

In 2012, 90.5% of women aged 15+ were literate compared to 95% of men.

In 2010, women on average 5 years of schooling compared to 4.5 years on average for men [2].

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